Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae
Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748
Belongs to Ophiopsis according to J. Wagner 1863
Sister taxa: Ophiopsis aequalis, Ophiopsis altivelis, Ophiopsis attenuata, Ophiopsis bellottii, Ophiopsis breviceps, Ophiopsis dorsalis, Ophiopsis montsechensis, Ophiopsis muensteri, Ophiopsis penicillata, Ophiopsis procera, Ophiopsis serrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Häberlein collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Häberlein collection)
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